How can I send variables to Jinja template from a Flask decorator?
You can use a context processor (http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/api/#flask.Flask.context_processor):
def include_sidebar_data(fn):
@blueprint.context_processor
def additional_context():
# this code work if endpoint equals to view function name
if request.endpoint != fn.__name__:
return {}
var1, var2, var3 = generate_sidebar_data()
return {
'var1': var1,
'var2': var2,
'var3': var3,
}
return fn
@blueprint.route('/')
@include_sidebar_data
def frontpage():
return render_template('template.html')
UPD: I like the next example more and it is better if the decorator is used for several view functions:
sidebar_data_views = []
def include_sidebar_data(fn):
sidebar_data_views.append(fn.__name__)
return fn
@blueprint.context_processor
def additional_context():
# this code work if endpoint equals to view function name
if request.endpoint not in sidebar_data_views:
return {}
var1, var2, var3 = generate_sidebar_data()
return {
'var1': var1,
'var2': var2,
'var3': var3,
}
@blueprint.route('/')
@include_sidebar_data
def frontpage():
return render_template('template.html')
I'm going to propose something even simpler than using a decorator or template method or anything like that:
def render_sidebar_template(tmpl_name, **kwargs):
(var1, var2, var3) = generate_sidebar_data()
return render_template(tmpl_name, var1=var1, var2=var2, var3=var3, **kwargs)
Yup, just a function. That's all you really need, isn't it? See this Flask Snippet for inspiration. It's essentially doing exactly the same sort of thing, in a different context.